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Baja Mexico: Magdalena Bay, Baja Sur & East Cape.
Capt. Gary Graham
June 19, 2002
Baja Sur - Saltwater Fishing Report
EAST CAPE AND MAGDALENA BAY FISHING CONDITIONS
REPORT FROM GARY GRAHAM'S BAJA ON THE FLY:
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Wed., June 19, 2002
EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Beach action ranged from great to fair depending on where you
were and what turned you on. Don Sloan and I have had a great time catching
bonefish (yes, bonefish again!) on our 5-weights. Also mixed in were a few
roosters and jacks to 15-pounds. My Baja Deep Diver in chartreuse fooled
them all. The trick was a slow retrieve right along the bottom for the
bonefish as well as the jacks and roosters. I can't believe the number of
fly-rodders we saw up and down the beach. They were packing everything from
8-weights to spey rods and lots of different techniques. We didn’t see a
lot of hookups, but it was fun to watch.
AIR & SEA - Little wind until yesterday (6/18) and then it blew out of the
east in
the midday, then settled right back down.
Hi 88°
Lo 73°
Wind: Moderate easterly winds midday
Humidity: 78%
Visibility: 15
Water Temps 79-84
. OFFSHORE: Fair action offshore for dorado and billfish. I noticed lots of
cruisers back inside sporting billfish flags and fishing for roosters and
jacks.
. INSHORE: Still seeing a few dorado in close to shore as well as a good
showing of roosters and jacks. The skipjack are still around with a few
small yellowfin tuna mixed in.
BEACH: Hey, Hey, Hey! Take your pick: bonefish, jacks, roosters, small
pompano. Fish early for bones, maybe a bonus rooster or jack and then head
on out to Punta Arena and try to hook one of the really big roosters.
BILLFISH - Blues, stripes and a few sails shouldn’t disappoint.
YELLOWFIN TUNA - Speaking of disappointment . . .
DORADO - Mostly the larger variety, however if you find the right floating
object
you might be in for a wide open bite.
ROOSTERFISH - This week’s menu features Big Guys & Little Guys. What are you
up for? Or, more importantly, what kind of tackle did you bring?
JACK CREVALLE - Here come the jacks from a few pounds to 30 and ready to
fight!
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK - Pretty much everywhere a few miles offshore,
I could even see large schools from the beach near the lighthouse yesterday.
PARGO AND CABRILLA - All the rock reefs holding a few smaller ones.
SIERRA - Bait receiver at Punta Colorado is where I would look or the
receiver in front of Palmas de Cortez.
Catch of the Week Photo:
http://www.bajafly.com
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Wed., June 19, 2002
IN GENERAL: So much for waking up as we’d predicted in the last report!
This is the slowest start since I started doing reports. The Mexican
Government did double the sardine quota this year. I wonder . . . ? We had
scheduled Larry Kenny of Saltwater Fly Fishing magazine for this week and
aborted at the last minute because of a lack of fish. We are going to wait
until Jan. when it is always good, that is assuming that the outdoor
writer curse doesn’t kick in then as well.
AIR & SEA: COLD, COLD, COLD!
Air Temperature 60 - 72
Water Temperature 60 - 66.
YELLOWTAIL - One boat went outside looking for them and came back with two
three pound fish, wow.
CORVINA - They are back and biting, if you can call it that. One boat
racked
up an impressive score of two in a hard day of fishing and even using bait.
SNOOK - With the warmer water showing up get ready. Almejas Bay is my bet.
HALIBUT – Even the flatties didn't bite this week.
SIERRA – Let’s focus on the yellowtail.
Catch of the Week Photo:
http://www.bajafly.com/weeklycatchmagbay.htm
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